The week in patriarchy: holocaust centers and other horrors | Jessica Valenti

‘From mega-bombs in Afghanistan to ‘Holocaust centers’, there’s never a lack of horrors to relay.’Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

When you’re trying to summarize a week’s worth of news in the age of Trump, it’s hard to know what to include. From mega-bombs in Afghanistan to “Holocaust centers”, there’s never a lack of horrors to relay. But instead of getting lost in the fray, I want to focus on one thing that happened this week that isn’t getting nearly the attention it deserves: the shooting in San Bernardino, California.

This was a domestic violence killing that left one woman, an elementary school teacher and her student dead. Most mass shootings in the United States are domestic violence attacks, yet we almost never discuss them as such. The victims deserve better than that.

Glass half full

While the world goes to shit all around us, folks in all parts of the country are doing their part to help make change. In my neck of the woods, the Freya Project is hosting a monthly reading series that raises money for small, underfunded organizations benefitting women. (This month it’s the Bridges Domestic Violence Center.)

What I’m watching

I rolled my eyes a bit when I heard former Friends star David Schwimmer had created a handful of PSAs on sexual harassment. But shame on me, because this series is one of the best, most realistic – and most uncomfortable – videos I’ve seen on the topic. Well done.

How outraged I am

On a scale of one to 10, I’m at a solid eight over a new study that says more than 50% of young men think that their gender negatively impacts their career. Really?!